Re: Going direct if parent proxy is down

Irfan Akber wrote:
>
> Is it possible under the new versions of squid to go direct if the 2 parent
> proxies are down or connection on the parent proxy is not available. Can
> squid go direct automatically in such a situation.

All versions go direct if the parent fails and you allow them to (don't
use never_direct). It may take a while (10 connection attempts) and
Squid 2.1 and earlier shows an error to the client until it has decided
that the peer is down, but it eventually does bypass it.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker